Folding umbrella-stick.



Patented lune 27, |899.

P. MEYER.

FOLDING UMBRELLA ST|CK.

(Application filed Nov. 7, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIPP MEYER, OF MAGDEBURG, GERMANY.

FOLDING UMBRELLA-STICK.

SPECIFICATION forming' part Of Letters Patent N O. 627,780, dated J' une27, 1899,.

Application filed November 7,1898. Serial No. 695,687. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIPP MEYER, asubject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Magdeburg, Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Umbrella- Sticks, of which the following is aspecification. T

The object of my invention is to provide means allowing an umbrella tobe shortened, which has been possible heretofore only with umbrellas thesticks of which carry stopsprings on their surfaces.

In the drawings illustrating my invention and which form a part of thisapplication, Figure l represents a longitudinal sectional view of anumbrella-stick madein accordance with my invention, showing the stickextended. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the stick retracted andfolded. Figs. 3 and 4 are details of a portion of the stick.

In the hollow stick A of the umbrellal have inserted a sliding hingedrod adapted to be rotated and formed in three sections D D D2. The partD has an extension at its lower end provided with an annular groove Land extending into a corresponding recess in thev part D', through whichextends a pin Z, moving in said groove L as the partsD Dl are turned,whereby the said partsare movably connected with each other. The part Dis connected with the part D2 through the joint d and by the rivets d'and d2, and the handle K is secu red to the section D2in any suitablemanner. Within the hollowpart of the section D2 above the handle isarranged a latch f, by means of which the entire hinged rod is held orlocked in the double bayonet-joint z',

i', and 2 on the lower end of the stick A. By this means of locking therod I may dispense with the stop-spring usually arranged on the surfaceof said stick and may employ any form of frame or mounting with thelatter.

At the lower or ferrule end of the part D of hinged rod is a rod h,which connects the part H, forming the ferrule end `of theumbrella-stick, with the section D. Surrounding said connecting-rod hisfitted a spiral spring g, one end pressing against a stop g', securedwithin the stick-A, and the opposite end bearing against the ferrule endH.

As the entire rod is withdrawn from the stick A the connecting-rod h, asWell as the part H secured thereto, is caused to slide within the`hollow stick A, whereby the length of umbrella will be shortened by thelength of the ferrule end II and, when the said handle K will be foldedat the joint d, at the same time by the length of handle K. Y

The latch f is normally held down by a spiral spring which surrounds it,as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2.

By the construction shown I secure a folding umbrella-stick on whichthere is no pro# jection eXteriorly except the latch f, and this beingnear the handle end does not interfere with any device that maybeemployed for raising the umbrella-frame.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An umbrella-stick composed of a cylindrical casing, a rod arrangedwithin the casing and composed of a ferrule-section, a handle-sectionand an intermediate section, a hinged connection between thehandle-section and the intermediate section, the spring g, and abayonet-joint in the handle-section, substantially as set forth.

PHILIPP MEYER.

Witnesses z AD STUEM, GREGORY PHELAN.

